Brainspotting Intensives for Therapists
A concentrated treatment program for licensed clinicians carrying the weight of the work — and ready to set it down.
You know how to hold space for everyone else.
You have sat with trauma, grief, dissociation, anger, and despair — session after session, year after year. You know what your clients need. You know how to stay regulated when they cannot. You know, intellectually, that this accumulates.
And yet knowing it does not protect you from it.
Vicarious trauma does not suddenly appear. It arrives gradually — in the images that follow you home, the numbness that settles in mid-session, the growing difficulty accessing the presence that used to come naturally. Compassion fatigue looks like cynicism before it looks like exhaustion. Countertransference goes unexamined not because you lack insight, but because there is rarely time or space to examine it.
You have likely recommended intensive work to clients. You may have wondered, in thought, whether it is what you need yourself.
It probably is.
Doing your own work as a therapist is different.
You cannot unknow what you know. Your clinical training means you will analyze the process while you are in it, anticipate interventions, notice the theoretical framework being used. This is not judgment — it is simply what happens when a therapist sits in the client chair.
Brainspotting works at a level that holds both worlds in a way talk therapy often cannot achieve. It works at the subcortical level, below the cognitive processing that your training has developed with acuity. You cannot think your way out of a brainspot. The body leads. That is precisely why it works so well for clinicians.
The intensive format allows processing to unfold continuously — without the natural interruption of the weekly frame. The work builds within a sustained relational container, and we move with it.
Our work together is held with the same confidentiality and clinical care as any therapeutic relationship — regardless of any overlap in professional circles.
This may be right for you if:
You are experiencing vicarious trauma or secondary traumatic stress — carrying imagery, narratives, or somatic sensations and responses that belong to your clients, not to you.
You notice countertransference patterns that keep appearing across cases and you have not had the time or the right container to work through them.
You are approaching burnout — perhaps you’re not there yet, but close enough to recognize it — and you want to address what is underneath before it affects your clinical work or your life outside it.
You have done your own therapy and found that talk-based work has taken you as far as it can. Something remains just out of reach.
You want focused, contained treatment experience that fits around your practice — not an open-ended commitment that adds another ongoing obligation to your already full schedule.
Intensives are not appropriate for everyone, and the consultation is where we determine together whether this format makes clinical sense for you right now.
If something here is what you’re experiencing, a consultation is a low-commitment first step. There is no obligation and no pressure — just a conversation.
What the intensive includes
This is a 10-hour clinical program, structured across four components:
30 min Consultation
A complimentary 30-minute video meeting prior to booking.
We discuss your goals, questions, and whether this format is the right fit for where you are right now.
90 min Pre-Intensive Session
We establish a clear focus, review history, and determine the treatment approach.
This session ensures we use the intensive time as effectively as possible.
4 hrs Brainspotting Intensive — Session One
The first concentrated treatment session.
We move at the pace your nervous system sets — there is no rushing, no clock pressure mid-session.
4 hrs Brainspotting Intensive — Session Two
Continues and deepens the processing from Session One.
The two sessions together allow for a treatment arc to unfold within a continuous frame, rather than being paused and resumed over time.
30 min Follow-Up Session
Scheduled approximately one month after the intensive.
We review what has shifted since the intensive, consider how those changes are unfolding in your day-to-day life, and determine whether any additional support is indicated.
Investment: $3,750
50% deposit required to hold your dates, non-refundable
Offered virtually via secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform
Available to clients in New York, New Jersey, and Florida
While Brainspotting forms the foundation of this format, elements of EMDR or parts-based work may be integrated when clinically appropriate.
About Brainspotting
You may have heard of Brainspotting without knowing the specifics of how it works. This short video explains the approach for those who are encountering it for the first time — or for the first time as a client rather than a clinician.
What the research shows
As a clinician you want to know the evidence base before you commit to a treatment format. Here is what the research shows on intensive trauma-focused treatment.
The intensive format is not simply a scheduling convenience. There is a growing body of clinical research supporting the efficacy of concentrated trauma-focused treatment:
— Intensive application of trauma-focused therapy appears to be well tolerated in patients with PTSD, enabling faster symptom reduction with comparable or improved outcomes, while reducing dropout risk.
— Intensive EMDR treatment is feasible and associated with reliable improvement in PTSD symptoms within a significantly shorter timeframe than traditional weekly formats.
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— Intensive programs using EMDR therapy have demonstrated safety and effectiveness as a treatment alternative for complex PTSD.
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Full research citations are linked above.
You help people do the hardest work of their lives.
You are allowed to do yours.
If what you have read here resonates, a consultation is where we can explore whether an intensive is the right next step — and whether we are the right fit for each other.
Details about scheduling and deposit are available on the FAQ page, and we'll cover anything not addressed there during our conversation.
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